[Bug 388189] New: Can't kill X with ctrl-alt-backspace
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=388189 Summary: Can't kill X with ctrl-alt-backspace Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Factory Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: X.Org AssignedTo: sndirsch@novell.com ReportedBy: agraf@novell.com QAContact: xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com CC: nat@novell.com, mge@novell.com Found By: --- Recently I tried to kill my X server and only received a loud beep. Due to the nature of beeps, this didn't give me any hint at all, I thought my keyboard was broken at first. I actually had to ask some X developers to find out that this is the intended behavior. Apparently this is supposed to be a "security feature" so you don't kill the X server by pressing ctrl-alt-backspace easily, but only on the second time you press it. Unfortunatly I as a user don't get any information about what's going on. There are several ways to do this properly, please don't do a quick hack that makes things worse. For example you could go the windows ctrl-alt-del way - just show a logoff window when ctrl-alt-bs was hit the first time, stating that if you press it again the X server gets killed. If no logout window can be displayed (no WM running or so) kill it right away (this makes testing of new configurations easier). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Karl Eichwalder Option "DontZap" "yes"</screen>
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--- Comment #9 from Stefan Dirsch
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--- Comment #10 from Karl Eichwalder Option "DontZap" "yes"</screen> <para>For more information, see the xorg.conf manpage.
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--- Comment #11 from Stephan Kulow
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--- Comment #13 from Stefan Dirsch
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--- Comment #14 from Karl Eichwalder
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--- Comment #15 from Stefan Dirsch
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<title>Ctrl-Alt-Backspace on X Disabled by Default</title>
The text is OK, but the title doesn't really match it. What about <title>Ctrl-Alt-Backspace on X needs to be pressed twice to kill X</title> This title would at least be better, however I don't think it's perfect. Feel free to change it, but please don't use the word "disabled" in it as it is wrong (at least when pressing the keys the second time ;-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #17 from Karl Eichwalder
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--- Comment #19 from Juergen Weigert
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--- Comment #20 from Karl Eichwalder
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--- Comment #21 from Christian Boltz
Thanks for the added complexity. I cannot see much support for this new feature, neither in nor outside of suse.
To give you an example: I had completely disabled Ctrl-Alt-backspace before because I accidently killed my X server several times. This happened usually while locking the session with Ctrl-Alt-ins - on my laptop keyboard insert and backspace are neightbors...) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Bug 388189 depends on bug 391349, which changed state.
Bug 391349 Summary: Can't kill X with ctrl-alt-backspace (it does not beep)
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What |Old Value |New Value
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |DUPLICATE
--- Comment #23 from Stephan Kulow
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=388189 Bug 388189 depends on bug 391352, which changed state. Bug 391352 Summary: Can't kill X with ctrl-alt-backspace (although the man page says so) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=391352 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=388189 Bug 388189 depends on bug 391349, which changed state. Bug 391349 Summary: Can't kill X with ctrl-alt-backspace (it does not beep) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=391349 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|DUPLICATE | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=388189 Bug 388189 depends on bug 391349, which changed state. Bug 391349 Summary: Can't kill X with ctrl-alt-backspace (it does not beep) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=391349 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |NEW Status|NEW |ASSIGNED Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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